Peter never said to 'follow me'...That's puts Paul then as the first pope...I don't think the Catholics believe that...
Peter never said to ‘follow me’...That’s puts Paul then as the first pope...I don’t think the Catholics believe that...
How many fathers are in the Catholic Church even though our lord said call no man father, and if we read the whole discussion we can see that he is referring to the title of father.
The Catholic`s can only follow Christ by following the Pope who is the vicar of Christ which means the representative of Christ.
Where would they have got it except from Paul?
Paul said in 1 Corinthians 11
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
2 Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.
ordinances? where have I heard that?
The point is that much of the teaching which is not liked by the protestants although misunderstood comes from Paul.
In acts 15 the ordinances was given to the gentile Churches
19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
Seems like a far cry from what I hear of the Catholic Church and also all of the ordinances Paul gave.
Nun head covering.
1 cor 11:13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
Paul explained that a Woman`s long hair was her covering
but they seem to get stuck on verse 13.
So although the Catholics do hold Peter as first pope they get many of their teachings from Paul.